One of the last trains to run on the former Wabash Railroad 4th district is seen here returning from Westville as it is about to cross over the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Porter line at Crocker. Both ... (more)

Found this 1957 vintage PFE ice refrigerator car on display at the California State Railroad Museum in 1994. It was moved to the Niles Canyon Railway in 2008 and is operational there.

Union Pacific train number 22, the Pacific Coast Limited, is seen near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1934. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF 4-8-2s 3734 and 3702 emit impressive looking smoke plumes into the atmosphere, as they lead the California Limited through a remote landscape near Wagon Mound New Mexico, on March 23rd 1941.... (more)

ATSF 185 leads a nice set of EMD FT motors, with freight in tow near Palmer Lake Colorado. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

CSXT 2010 is seen switching an old industry on a close clearance siding in downtown Louisville Kentucky. Mike Stupar photo.

The Elgin Joliet & Eastern mainline curve is visible on the north side of this eastbound manifest.

A reverse move westward is in progress on this former B&O Chicago Terminal line, with some pretty fancy shove protection at the rear of this train.

A Santa Fe Operation Life Saver Special makes a brief stop at Chillicothe Illinois on the ATSF main in 1987.

SP Daylight, 2nd 99, is seen at the Third & Townsend Street station in San Francisco California on July 26th 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 101, the Centennial State, is seen leaving Denver in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3751 is leading train number 6, north of Littleton Colorado, on January 15th 1939. Otto's 1935 Ford V8 sedan is partially visible at right. Rods down with 10 cars at 40 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry... (more)

NYC FM CFA16-4 6601 leads a freight near South Bend Indiana in 1954. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 19, The Chief, is seen with a nice set of FT units leading the way, near Isleta New Mexico in 1947. I always liked the FTs, and the fact that Santa Fe ordered their sets with regular co... (more)

ATSF 2-10-2 1696 is assisting EMC E1 number 3 with train 17, the Super Chief, on rugged Raton Pass near Wootton in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.